You have to look back to look forward. That's the point of recounting salvation history. It inspires hope and courage for tomorrow. Read the old stories. They will write your new stories
A sabbath isn’t just a good idea; it is a necessity. You don’t have to keep Saturday, nor necessarily Sunday. That aspect of the law, we aren’t bound to, but one day a week given to rest is wisdom.
Which equates with what C.S. Lewis said in Mere Christianity, “If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
It is vital that the old allow the young the space to see, and vital the young allow the old to speak to them –advice, encouragement and warnings.
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Re my book to come. First significant leadership development test. Faith and Fear. What will it be? Joshua believed Gods report about the land. The rest didn't. They past - He last last-ed
Reflecting on Joel 2:28 - What is remarkable about Joel’s prophecy is that God’s Spirit would be poured out on all flesh, and not as it had been, upon prophets, priests and Kings only. Joel speaks to the democratisation of the Spirit – something virtually unheard of.